El Paso Disney animator Bluth's work on exhibit

The El Paso Museum of Art presents an exhibit by native El Paso animator Don Bluth, a master animator for the Walt Disney Company, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the El Paso Community Foundation on the Plaza Classic Film Festival.

“An American Animator: Don Bluth,” will be on exhibit from July 1 to Sept. 7 at the Peter and Margaret de Wetter Gallery at the museum, 1 Arts Festival Plaza Downtown.

Thumbelina, 1994, by Don Bluth

Thumbelina, 1994, by Don Bluth

Courtesy El Paso Museum of Art / Don Bluth Collection of Animation

An open house is slated for 5:30 p.m. July 13.

The exhibit highlights the artist’s “range in style and animation technique” and will include animation drawings, concept art, backgrounds, storyboards, and digital animations from "All Dogs Go to Heaven," "Thumbelina" and "Anastasia," according to the museum.

About 40 works will be on view. They are on loan from the Don Bluth Collection of Animation at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia.

Bluth worked for Disney for two years before forming Don Bluth Productions.

Currently showing is “The Red That Colored the World,” which runs through Aug. 20 at the Woody and Gayle Hunt Family Gallery in the museum.